A Moncton, N.B., medical marijuana operation at the centre of a Health Canada recall continues to promote itself as organic on its website, even though its organic certification was suspended last month.

CBC News has learned the recall triggered an investigation by Ecocert, a Quebec-based organic certification body recognized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that had approved Organigram’s organic status.

Ecocert’s operations director, Sebastien Houle, said the investigation was launched after it was notified of the recall on Jan. 3. The probe examined the “verification of the production process, product used, nature of the pesticides found,” Houle said in an email.

With traces of myclobutanil and bifenazate found, Houle said “the investigation highlighted non-compliances” in organic product rules. He would not elaborate, citing confidentiality. He said the company’s organic certification is suspended until “compliance to the requirements are demonstrated.”